Nondeterministic response to a challenge
Granted: July 13, 2021
Patent Number:
11061647
A device for generating a nondeterministic response to a challenge, the device comprising: a structure that exhibits a nondeterministic electrical output response to an electrical input, the device being arranged to facilitate a challenge of the structure to generate the nondeterministic response, by facilitating an electrical measurement of an output of the structure, the nondeterministic response being derivable from that measurement.
Data storage apparatus with selective adaptive predictive behavior
Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number:
11055622
Example apparatus and methods concern selective adaptive predictive data placement to improve the operating and/or electrical efficiency of a data storage apparatus. A future input/output operation is predicted from a current input/output operation, the state of the data storage apparatus, relationships between data currently being processed and data previously processed, environmental factors, or other factors. The apparatus and methods may improve data storage efficiency by selectively…
Photonic-crystal vapor cells for imaging of electromagnetic fields
Granted: July 6, 2021
Patent Number:
11054453
In a general aspect, vapor cells are disclosed that include a dielectric body having a first surface and a second surface. The dielectric body includes a plurality of cavities extending from the first surface to the second surface and ordered periodically to define a photonic crystal structure in the dielectric body. Each cavity has a first opening defined by the first surface and a second opening defined by the second surface. The photonic crystal structure has a photonic band gap. The…
Automated storage tier copy expiration
Granted: June 29, 2021
Patent Number:
11048671
Example methods and apparatus release storage locations in a tiered storage system by deleting expired tier-copies of a file stored in the tiered storage system. One embodiment includes a policy-class circuit that defines a tier-copy policy associated with a tier, where the tier-copy policy includes an expiration interval (EI) associated with the tier, and a schedule associated with the tier. A copy expiration circuit checks, according to the schedule, for expiration-eligible tier-copies…
Housing an etalon in a frequency reference system
Granted: June 29, 2021
Patent Number:
11048047
In a general aspect, a device is disclosed for providing a reference frequency of light. The device includes a housing having a first opening and a second opening. A first optical window covers the first opening and is coupled to the housing by a first ceramic bond that forms a hermetic seal around the first opening. A second optical window covers the second opening and is coupled to the housing by a second ceramic bond that forms a hermetic seal around the second opening. The device…
Interferometer filters with compensation structure
Granted: June 29, 2021
Patent Number:
11048041
A Mach-Zehnder interferometer (MZI) filter comprising one or more passive compensation structures are described. The passive compensation structures yield MZI filters that are intrinsically tolerant to perturbations in waveguide dimensions and/or other ambient conditions. The use of n+1 waveguide widths can mitigate n different sources of perturbation to the filter. The use of at least three different waveguide widths for each Mach-Zehnder waveguide can alleviate sensitivity of filter…
Shifting phase in a resonator device for magnetic resonance
Granted: June 29, 2021
Patent Number:
11047936
In some aspects, a resonator device includes a dielectric substrate, a ground plane on a first side of the substrate, and conductors on a second, opposite side of the substrate. The conductors include first and second resonators and two baluns. Each balun includes a feed, a first branch and a second branch. The feed is connected to the first and second branches, and the first and second branches are capacitively coupled to the respective first and second resonators. The first branch…
Initiating and monitoring the evolution of single electrons within atom-defined structures
Granted: June 29, 2021
Patent Number:
11047877
A method for the patterning and control of single electrons on a surface is provided that includes implementing scanning tunneling microscopy hydrogen lithography with a scanning probe microscope to form charge structures with one or more confined charges; performing a series of field-free atomic force microscopy measurements on the charge structures with different tip heights, where interaction between the tip and the confined charge are elucidated; and adjusting tip heights to…
Stable antibody-drug conjugate, preparation method therefor, and use thereof
Granted: June 22, 2021
Patent Number:
11040084
The present invention provides a conjugate and preparation method thereof, a pharmaceutical composition comprising the conjugate and use of the pharmaceutical composition in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment or prevention of a disease.
Battery thermal management system and methods of use
Granted: June 22, 2021
Patent Number:
11040635
Set forth herein are systems and methods for determining when to heat a battery, and under what conditions to do so, The methods include using input parameters to predict when to heat a battery and how to heat that battery. For example, the methods predict when to heat a battery so that the battery has a specific power output and performance level when used in an electric or hybrid vehicle application.
Removable media based object store
Granted: June 22, 2021
Patent Number:
11042299
Embodiments disclosed herein provide systems, methods, and computer-readable media to implement an object store with removable storage media. In a particular embodiment, a method provides identifying first data for storage on a first removable storage medium and designating at least a portion of the first data to a first data object. The method further provides determining a first location where to store the first data object in a first value store partition of the first removable…
CMOS pixels comprising epitaxial layers for light-sensing and light emission
Granted: June 22, 2021
Patent Number:
11043529
Photonic devices monolithically integrated with CMOS are disclosed, including sub-100 nm CMOS, with active layers comprising acceleration regions, light emission and absorption layers, and optional energy filtering regions. Light emission or absorption is controlled by an applied voltage to deposited films on a pre-defined CMOS active area of a substrate, such as bulk Si, bulk Ge, Thick-Film SOI, Thin-Film SOI, Thin-Film GOI.
Active photonic devices incorporating high dielectric constant materials
Granted: June 15, 2021
Patent Number:
11036111
An optical switch structure includes a substrate, a first electrical contact, and a first material having a first conductivity type electrically connected to the first electrical contact. The optical switch structure also includes a second material having a second conductivity type coupled to the first material, a second electrical contact electrically connected to the second material, and a waveguide structure disposed between the first electrical contact and the second electrical…
Accurate and efficient recording of user experience, GUI changes and user interaction events on a remote web document
Granted: June 15, 2021
Patent Number:
11036823
The present disclosure describes how to capture events (e.g., changes and user interactions) of a Web document and combine those changes with the original DOM displayed to accurately and efficiently enable a replay engine to redisplay the DOM, changes, and user interactions which occurred within a user's browser. The data collected from a client-side HTML DOM capture engine can be combined with a minimal amount of contextual information to a replay engine so as to accurately and…
Active alignment of optical die to optical substrates
Granted: June 15, 2021
Patent Number:
11035752
An assembly system for assembling an optical die to an optical substrate includes test equipment configured to test optical couplers formed between the optical die and the optical substrate. The assembly system is configured to adjust an alignment of the optical die relative to the optical substrate until the optical couplers meet a performance metric. After the performance metric is met the optical die is permanently attached to the optical substrate.
Gated superconducting photon detector
Granted: June 8, 2021
Patent Number:
11029203
An electronic device includes a first superconducting wire (with a first end and a second end) having a first threshold superconducting current. The device includes a second superconducting wire (with a first end and a second end) having a second threshold superconducting current that is less than the first threshold superconducting current. The second end of the first superconducting wire and the second end of the second superconducting wire are coupled to a common voltage node. A…
Optical puf and optical reading of a security element
Granted: June 1, 2021
Patent Number:
11023723
According to a first aspect of the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a unique identifier for a security element, the method comprising: optically reading the security element via a configurable optical filter system, a readable optical transmission property of the filter system varying with respect to a configuration of the filter system; the reading comprising determining data indicative of an optical property of the security element at a first configuration…
Recovery of a metal from primary and secondary sulphurated minerals and oxidized minerals, and other compositions of valuable minerals
Granted: June 1, 2021
Patent Number:
11021801
A method to separate and recover at least one metal from a source of oxidized and/or primary and secondary sulfide ores by determining and modifying the values of the dielectric constant of the minerals source.
Method for production of solid water particles for homeopathy
Granted: June 1, 2021
Patent Number:
11020479
A method for production of solid water particles for homeopathy uses principles of quantum physics to from a concentrated solid water particle solution. A homeopathic ingredient solution is diluted in purified water in an inert gas environment. The dilution occurs as infinitesimal doses, in which the solution is repetitively diluted in water past the point where few molecules from the solution remain. An electrical field is applied to align the water molecules for formation of a large…
Electrolyte separators including lithium borohydride and composite electrolyte separators of lithium-stuffed garnet and lithium borohydride
Granted: May 18, 2021
Patent Number:
11011796
Set forth herein are compositions comprising A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2), wherein X is fluorine, bromine, chloride, iodine, or a combination thereof, and wherein 0.1?A?3, 0.1?B?4, and 0?C?9 that are suitable for use as solid electrolyte separators in lithium electrochemical devices. Also set forth herein are methods of making A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2) compositions. Also disclosed herein are electrochemical devices which incorporate A.(LiBH4).B.(LiX).C.(LiNH2) compositions and other…
